Funky jazz

This is the first in a series of unexpected designers. Recently one of my grad students told me how the renowned artist Henri Matisse was hired by the publisher George Macy to illustrate a limited edition of 1500 of James Joyce’s Ulysses, concurrent with the book’s initial mid-1930s publication. So the story went, rather than read the work Matisse chose to illustrate Homer’s Odyssey instead. Intrigued I decided to explore further. You can read more about it here, but what cau

Jazz Night on Behance

Jazz saxaphone album cover

If you listen to Neo Soul artists like D'angelo, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Dwele, etc. Most of their music contains a lot of complex, deep tension filled chords progressions. We can imitate this type of sound by playing the piano in the very soulful key of Eb.

Publisher: Blue Sky Press (2007)

Pedro Uhart - jazz band

Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media (1975) Jazz-Funk, Jazz-Rock, Funk, Fusion

Series of posters for Jazz/Funk festivals/venues.